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highplainsdem

(55,097 posts) Thu Mar 27, 2025, 10:51 PM Thursday

The Pretenders - Tattooed Love Boys (live on British TV, ITV's Alright Now, March 6, 1980)

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The Pretenders - Tattooed Love Boys (live on British TV, ITV's Alright Now, March 6, 1980) (Original Post) highplainsdem Thursday OP

Super Cool Tune ProfessorGAC Friday #1

I saw so many Google results about people trying to figure out that time signature. Including a forum highplainsdem Friday #2

Hmmm ProfessorGAC Friday #3

ProfessorGAC

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1. Super Cool Tune

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Fri Mar 28, 2025, 08:49 AM

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Very herky-jerky, especially with that main riff being in 15/4 time. (7 beats then 8)
Then it's so random & chaotic during the solo.

highplainsdem

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2. I saw so many Google results about people trying to figure out that time signature. Including a forum

Reply to ProfessorGAC (Reply #1)

Fri Mar 28, 2025, 04:43 PM

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discussion somewhere with one person advising another not to even try to copy it.

ProfessorGAC

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3. Hmmm

Reply to highplainsdem (Reply #2)

Fri Mar 28, 2025, 04:56 PM

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Surprised to hear that.
It's really easy to count out.
The first guitar chime lasts a count of 7. Then the new chime is regular time. It's an 8 count.
7+8=15.
Having some way to time each note is necessary for people playing together in an odd time signature. So knowing that riff starts on the 8th beat makes it more intuitive to play. Just have to have another touchstone to go all they to 15.
Without some keys, odd time signatures could easily cause a song to be a trainwreck.

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